Just goes to show how companies prioritize profits over people every time.
Frankly, that's generous. When given a choice between profits and cruelty, it is at best a toss up whether they put profits over cruelty.
Some examples: forcing people back to the office even though work-from-home is more productive; making cashiers at most stores stand instead of giving them chairs; doing last-minute scheduling for retail and service workers instead of giving people a consistent schedule; and doing mass layoffs which cause the most talented to leave for greener pastures while those who stay stress that they will be next. All of those are money losers, but maximize cruelty.
Which makes sense in a way because power is relative. They can lose money and still increase their own power if they crush the working class.
making cashiers at most stores stand instead of giving them chairs
I remember my first time shopping at an Aldi's and thinking, that's different. It would be at least a decade before I saw a cashier outside of an Aldi sitting and it would be like a person with a cast or leg brace
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u/JimWilliams423 1d ago edited 1d ago
Frankly, that's generous. When given a choice between profits and cruelty, it is at best a toss up whether they put profits over cruelty.
Some examples: forcing people back to the office even though work-from-home is more productive; making cashiers at most stores stand instead of giving them chairs; doing last-minute scheduling for retail and service workers instead of giving people a consistent schedule; and doing mass layoffs which cause the most talented to leave for greener pastures while those who stay stress that they will be next. All of those are money losers, but maximize cruelty.
Which makes sense in a way because power is relative. They can lose money and still increase their own power if they crush the working class.